Denying the All Blacks space to breathe and play their game, Ireland achieved a famous victory with the first home win, 16-9 over tryless New Zealand ending 113 years of anguish at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Sunday (NZT).
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All Blacks captain Kieran Read was in no doubt about what would be required by his team to hold off the expected challenge from Ireland when the sides meet at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Sunday (NZT).
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Former All Blacks fullback John Gallagher, who had three grandparents who were Irish, admits his thoughts are with his former New Zealand connections for Sunday's (NZT) Test at Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
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Time locking the All Blacks scrum together had given Sam Whitelock and Brodie Retallick an instinctive understanding of each other, something they will be hoping bears more fruit in their 50th Test together, this time against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday (NZT).
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All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said in Dublin on Thursday that the side were in a similar position to where they were a year out from the 2015 Rugby World Cup and Sunday's (NZT) Test with Ireland would be a final assessment of how they were tracking for the 2019 event in Japan.
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